Bicycle-tender.



Patented Oct.l 30, |900.

(No Model.)

HV1/Ewa@ TOR/VEYS UNITED STATES CHARLES H. STONEBRIDGE, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

BICYCLE-TENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of l1l'.|etters Patent No. 660,598, datedOctober 30, 1900.

Application filed January 29, 1900. Serial No. 3,106. tNo model.)

T0 all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. STONE- BRIDGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Tenders, of which the following' is a full and complete specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to bicycle-tenders; and the object thereof is toprovide a tender for bicycles and similar vehicles of the classdescribed which may be readily attached to and detached from the bicycleand which shall have independent lateral and vertical movements.

With this and other objects in View my invention consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter specied.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich like reference characters denote corresponding parts in theseveral views, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a bicycle and a tenderconnected therewith and constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2, aplan view of the tenderframes and support-wheel, and Figs. 3 and 4 arerespectively a side and end elevation of a modified form of tenderconstruction.

In the practice of my invention I provide a tender embodying a mainframe 3 and a supplemental frame 4. The main frame 3 consists of sidemembers 3a, the rearward ends ot' which are curved convergently andconnected by a spindle 5, upon which is mounted a support-wheel 6, inthe customary or any desired manner.

Upon the side members 3 is supported the tender-body 7, the rearwardunder portion of Ywhich is cut away segmentally, following the curve ofthe wheel 6 and serving as a mudguard for said wheel. The bod'y portion7 is connected with the member 3 by means of clamps 8 or in any othersuitable manner. The forward ends of the side members 3a are connectedby a spindle 9, which is passed revolubly through a sleeve 10 andretained in place by nuts 11. The sleeve 10 is arranged horizontally, asshown in the drawings.

The supplemental frame 4 consists of two parallel members-an upper andlower, re-

spectively-LtfL and 4", and each of which is loop-shaped, being providedat its rearmost end with a head 12. Through the heads 12 is passed aspindle 1,3, which is also passed revolubly through a sleeve 14 andsecured rigidly to the heads 12 by nuts 15. The sleeve 14 is arrangedvertically or at right angles with the sleeve 1() and is rigidly securedthereto. The forward end of each of the members 4 and 4b is providedwith aclamp 15. Each of the loop-shaped supplemental frame members 4aand 4" is provided at a predetermined point at each side with a clamp16, and the clam ps 15 and 16 may be ot' any desired and adapted form.

In Fig. 1 I have denoted by the general reference character 17 a bicycleof standard form which embodies in its frame construction an upwardlyand rearwardly ranging member 18 and upwardly and forwardly rangingmembers 19, which are directed convergently with relation to said member18. The relative arrangement of the members 4 and 4b and the clamps 15aand 16, connected therewith, is such that the clamps 15a may be engagedwith the member 18 and the clamps 16 with the members 19, theloop-shaped members 4"1 and 4b inclosing the drive-wheel 2O ot' thebicycle 17. As the members 18 and 19 ofthe frame ofthe bicycle convergeupwardly, the clam ps need not be rigidly connected with the frame; buteven a loose connection, thereof will prevent the downward slipping ot'the members 4 and 4b. The double connection of the members 4a and 4bwith the bicycle-frame prevents lateral play or pivotal movement of thesupplemental frame 4, and it is manifest that the sleeve 14 ismaintained firmly in a vertical position while the sleeve 1O ismaintained in fixed horizontal position.

By means of the turnable mountingV of the spindle 13 in the sleeve 14the tender main frame 3 is provided with a lateral play, and

by means of the turnable mounting of thel spindle 9 in the sleeve 10 theframe 3 is provided with a vertical play, and hence the bicycle andtender are respectively unaffected by the movements of the other due totineven ness of road-bed. The arrangement and connection of the sleeve14 and spindle 13 also enable the bicycle and tender to round cornersand execute other curved movements.

y means of the clamps 1.52L and 16 the tender may be readily attached toand detached from the bicycle, and by means of the clamps 8 the'tender-body 7 maybe readily removed and replaced or substituted for, asdesired.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a modified form of tender construction inwhich the sup porting-wheel 6 is mounted upon an axle 5,

journaled approximately intermediate of the ends of frame sides 21.Connected with each of said frame sides is a hinged body side 22, hingedthereto at 23. Connected with the frame sides 2l is a casing 24, whichincloses thc wheel 6 and is provided with an upwardly-directed partition25, with which the sides 22 are adjustably connected by chains and eyes26 'and 27. 'lhe sides 22 may be folded into engagement with the casing211 when the tender-body comprised thereby is empty.

I am aware that tenders have previously been provided for bicycles andsimilar vehicles; but. I am not aware that suoli tenders have beenconstructed as is the subject of this invention, nor connected with thetraction-vehicle in the manner hereinabove described.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patente l. Thehereiu-described'tender for bicycles,comprising a main frame which supports the tender-body, a supplementalframe which is rigidly connected to the bicycle and tworigidly-connected connection devices, by means of which said main frameand said supplemental frame are connected and which respectively allowplay of said tender-body vertically and laterally, substantially asshown and described.

'2. The herein-described tender for bicycles, comprising a main framewhich supports the tender-body, a supplemental frame, two connectiondevices by which said main frame and said supplemental frame areconnected, each of said connection devices consisting of a sleeve, whichsleeves are mutually rigidly connected at right angles relatively, .andspindles turnably mounted in said sleeves and being fixed each to one ofsaid frames whereby lateral and vertical play of said main frame areinsured, substantially as shown and described.

3. The herein-described tender for bicycles, comprising a main framewhich supports the tender-body, and a supplemental frame pi v-' otallyconnected therewith,said supplemental frame comprising two loop-shapedmembers adapted to surround the rear wheel of a bicycle and providedwith means for securing the same to the frame of the bicycle, substantially as shown and described.

4. The herein-described tender for bicycles, comprising a main frame,which supports the tender-body, and a supplemental frame pivotallyconnected therewith,said supplemental frame being composed of twoparallel loopshaped members which surround the rear wheel of thebicycle, each of said members being provided at its forward end with aclamp, and at each side with a clamp whereby said supplemental frame maybe rigidly secured to the bicycle, substrfintiallyy as shown andvdescribed.

5. The herein-descri bed tender for bicycles, comprising a main frameprovided with a supporting-wheel, and a tender-body and a supplementalframe comprising two parallel loopeshaped members, said loop-shapedmembers being provided with means for detachably connecting the samewith the frame of a bicycle, two sleeves rigidly connected together andarranged relatively at right angles, a spindle by which said members ofsaid supplemental frame are connected at their rearmost ends, and whichspindle is passed turnably through on e of said sleeves, and said mainframe being provided at its foremost end with a spindle which is passedturnably through the other of said sleeves, substantially as shown anddescribed.

6. A tender for bicycles-and similar vehicles, comprising a frame, asupport-wheel journaled therein approximately centrally thereof, and atender-body comprising a central casing within which said drive-wheeloperates, and provided with an upwardly-directed partition, and sidemembers pivoted to said frame and adjustably connected with saidpartition, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my invention I have signedmynarne, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 26th day ofJanuary, 1900.

CHARLES I-I.v STONEBRIDGE.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. C. OLsEN.

